Definition of Misplaced

1. Adjective. Put in the wrong place or position. "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"

Similar to: Disarranged

2. Adjective. Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. "Misplaced tickets"
Exact synonyms: Mislaid
Similar to: Lost

Definition of Misplaced

1. Verb. (past of misplace) ¹

2. Adjective. Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings. ¹

3. Adjective. Lost; disoriented. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misplaced

1. misplace [v] - See also: misplace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misplaced

misperformances
mispers
mispersuade
mispersuaded
mispersuades
mispersuading
mispersuasion
mispersuasions
misphrase
misphrased
misphrases
misphrasing
mispickel
mispickels
misplace
misplaced (current term)
misplaced modifier
misplacement
misplacements
misplaces
misplacing
misplan
misplanned
misplanning
misplans
misplant
misplanted
misplanting
misplants
misplay

Literary usage of Misplaced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"Rates in the case of the misplaced or partially obsolete plant or road cannot be based primarily on the value of the property but on what the service is ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The misplaced kidney is, with the rarest exceptions, retroperitoneal. Cases have been found where the kidney is partially between the layers of the ..."

3. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"(some leaves misplaced by the binder), Buckler, A., Dec. 3, '07. (191) $5.50. The Temple, etc. Lond., William Pickering, 1835-36. ..."

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